Definition of Salt 1. A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) Noun 2. White crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food Noun 3. Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons Noun 4. The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth Noun 5. (of speech) painful or bitter Adjective Satellite 6. Add salt to Verb 7. Sprinkle as if with salt Verb 8. Add zest or liveliness to Verb 9. Preserve with salt Verb Synonyms for word "salt" Semanticaly linked words with "salt" Hyponims for word "salt" Lexical Analysis for "salt" salty containing or filled with salt containing or filled with salt salting the act of adding salt to food salter someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods saltyAdjective Satellite
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one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water etymology antisalt etymology blacksalter etymology hydrosalt etymology nonsalt etymology oversalt etymology oxysalt etymology protosalt etymology saltbush etymology saltcat etymology saltfoot etymology saltfree etymology saltgrass etymology saltie etymology saltish etymology saltlike etymology saltly etymology saltmaker etymology saltmaking etymology saltmouth etymology saltness etymology saltproof etymology saltweed etymology salty etymology sesquisalt etymology subsalt etymology sulfosalt etymology supersalt etymology undersalt etymology sol etymological origin of sealt etymologically related salary is derived from Epsom salt is derived from Salt Lake City is derived from chicken salt is derived from desalt is derived from persalt is derived from pinch of salt is derived from protosalt is derived from rock salt is derived from rub salt in the wound is derived from salt and pepper is derived from salt away is derived from salt lake is derived from salt marsh is derived from salt of the earth is derived from salt sea is derived from saltcellar is derived from salted is derived from salting is derived from salts is derived from saltwater is derived from salty is derived from sea salt is derived from table salt is derived from take with a pinch of salt is derived from worth one’s salt